Understanding the Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager

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The following example explains how you can use VCEM to add new bare metal enclosures and take advantage of
faster provisioning.
To find the new enclosure, you can run the HP SIM discovery function. From the VCEM home page (Figure 11), you
would click the VC Domains tab, select the newly discovered VC domain (the new enclosure), and then click the
Add to VC Domain Group button.
Figure 11: The VC domains page allows you to add newly discovered bare metal enclosures.
If the newly discovered VC domain were in an unlicensed enclosure, you would be prompted to provide licensing
information.
VCEM then would replicate the master configuration of the group to the new VC domain. You could perform profile
operations immediately. Without VCEM, you would need use the VCM GUI and manually define a unique HP
WWN, MAC, and logical serial number range as well numerous other configuration items before any profile
operations could begin.
VCEM Licensing
Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager is licensed per BladeSystem c-Class enclosure, with separate options for
BL c3000 and BL c7000 enclosures. A single VCEM license is required for each enclosure to be managed in both
single and multi-enclosure domain configurations, and is valid for the life of the associated enclosure. For all
available VCEM licenses, including Virtual Connect hardware and VCEM packaged options, see the “HP Virtual
Connect Enterprise Manager 7.0 User Guide” at
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c03169041/c03169041.pdf
Conclusion
HP VCEM simplifies management of multiple VC domain environments across the data center. HP VC and VCEM let
you use a central administration console to add, replace, and recover blade servers and their workloads in minutes
without affecting production networks. VCEM works through VCM and the Onboard Administrator to manage
server and network configurations. Through HP SIM, you can use this data for management, health, and
coordination of large numbers of servers in data center environments.
VCEM is a plug-in to the Insight Software and part of the HP SIM portfolio. A centrally administered VCEM
database coordinates assignments of MAC addresses and Worldwide names. This reduces management overhead